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With the November 24 presidential and parliamentary elections just around the corner, experts gathered at the Heritage Foundation on Tuesday to discuss the candidates and the implications of the upcoming vote.

The legitimacy of Afghanistan's next government will hinge in large measure on whether next April's elections are regarded as credible, particularly in light of fraud that marred the country’s polls in 2009 and 2010.

Despite many years of elections, Malawi continues to grapple with a history of voting based on regional loyalties, lack of political tolerance, abuse of state resources and a media monopoly—problems that often result in an unfair playing field for candidates.